> Hosea (NLT) > > 1:2-3 When the LORD first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he > said to him, "**Go and marry a prostitute**, so that some of her children > will be conceived in prostitution. This will illustrate how Israel has > acted like a prostitute by turning against the LORD and worshiping > other gods." **So he married Gomer** daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and > bore him a son. > > 3:1 Then the LORD said to me, "**Go and love your wife again**, even > though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate > that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned > to other gods and love to worship them." Did Hosea fall in love with the prostitute or he was simply forced to marry her? Was God forcing Hosea to love her? Is it even possible? Did Hosea really fall in love with her ultimately?

In Bible prophecy, a single day literally stands for one thousand years. In the book of Hosea chapter 6 verse 2 then it says that: > *After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him*. I was led to believe that this verse might be referring to the death and resurrection of the Christ but then there is the use of a plural word *us*. Since this verse is foretelling the resurrection of the saints because technically speaking it's the saints who get to live in God's presence at the end of the age, is it okay to conclude that the second coming and the resurrection of the dead will happen on day 3 which is 3000 AD?

Hosea 11:9 (ESV): > I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; **for I am God and not a man**, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath. Recently someone brought this up to argue against the doctrine of the incarnation and the divinity of Jesus. How do Trinitarians respond? ____________ Related: [Trinitarian Christianity and Numbers 23:19 - Was Jesus a man?](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/47058/trinitarian-christianity-and-numbers-2319-was-jesus-a-man)

Should the following scriptures be Hosea 2:16-17 or Hosea 2:14-15 Complete Jewish Bible: > “But now I am going to woo her — I will bring her out to the desert and I will speak to her heart. I will give her her vineyards from there and the Akhor Valley as a gateway to hope. She will respond there as she did when young, as she did when she came up from Egypt.